# Minnesota Vikings, thank you for fulfilling my expectations **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480 "2003-12-29T00:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/1 "2003-12-29T00:05:08Z")
…of seeing you choke. 4th and 24, with time expiring, Arizona scores a touchdown and wins 18-17 and the Packers win the division. Basically, thanks for saving me from spending a couple bucks on playoff munchies for the game next weekend. I appreciate it. Next year, if you just wanna get that taken care of earlier in the season, that’d be super. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/2 "2003-12-29T00:09:05Z")
What he said. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/3 "2003-12-29T00:12:56Z")
I’m just glad that Fox can show Die Hard now. I’ve been waiting all weekend for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/4 "2003-12-29T00:13:10Z")
Damn. You beat me to it. (starting this thread, that is.) Note to Mike Tice: That early in the game, you take the points. Note to Red McCombs: Please, just fire Mike and give me something good out of this. I was wearing my Moss jersey all day. When the final review was in, the jersey came off. 3 months 'til baseball. At least TwinsFest is only 3 _weeks_ away. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/5 "2003-12-29T00:17:19Z")
My condolences, even though what I wanted to happen, happened it would be bad form to gloat. Minnisota is a fun team, I’d like to see them in the playoffs next year. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/6 "2003-12-29T00:18:06Z")
That was the greatest thing ever! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/7 "2003-12-29T00:20:12Z")
that wasn’t even a touchdown. The guy was out of bounds. That fucking zebra desrerves to die. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/8 "2003-12-29T00:22:26Z")
Diogenes is right. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/9 "2003-12-29T00:35:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheddarsnax \* > \*\*Diogenes is right. \*\* [sub]This is probably the last time you’ll see me say this, but…[/sub] I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/10 "2003-12-29T00:37:25Z")
Unless, by agreeing, I’m second-handedly violating the “no wishing death on someone” rule. Then, I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/11 "2003-12-29T00:48:41Z")
Gaah. I meant it as hyperbole. i hope I didn’t violate any rules. I’ll retract the deathwish and say I hope that the official who blew the call is afflicted with painful hemorrhoids, that his wife leaves him and that he is audited by the IRS. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/12 "2003-12-29T00:50:09Z")
George Carlin has a bit where he says that after his favorite teams are out of the running for the playoffs, he roots for teams like the Chicago Cubs, the Boston Red Sox, the Buffalo Bills, and the Minnesota Vikings. Teams that will only get so far, but will never make it happen when it counts. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/13 "2003-12-29T00:53:48Z")
_can’t stop laughing_ And yes Diogenes, it was a touchdown. Jeez, at least Bears fans know the rules. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/14 "2003-12-29T01:02:26Z")
Somebody explain it to me. Even if he wasn’t “forced out”, it’s hard to see how he could have possibly come down in bounds, as high in the air as he was. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/15 "2003-12-29T01:05:19Z")
The call was correct. He was pushed out of bounds but would have landed in bounds. Quit acting like a baby and take your defeat. It could be much worse. You could be a Charger fan like me. Haj ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/16 "2003-12-29T01:07:04Z")
Vikings fans - should I call the “waaaaa-ambulance”? If you’re gonna win you’re division, and you’re playing the **worst** team in the NFL, and everything is in your hands… need I say more? And I could care less about the Vikings or the Packers (well, the whole Favre thing is kinda nice, in a schmaltzy kinda way). But if you want to earn the playoffs, and it’s handed to you in a platter (see first paragraph), don’t start whining when you lose. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/17 "2003-12-29T01:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AuntiePam \* > \*\*Somebody explain it to me. Even if he wasn’t “forced out”, it’s hard to see how he could have possibly come down in bounds, as high in the air as he was. \*\* Actually, one of his feet did land in bounds. If he wasn’t pushed, both of them would have. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/18 "2003-12-29T01:13:38Z")
I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/19 "2003-12-29T01:21:25Z")
From here it looked like his trajectory would have taken him out. But you’re right, if the Vikings couldn’t win this one, what would the playoffs have been like? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480/20 "2003-12-29T01:21:27Z")
I did not watch the game, but could not the Vikings have challenged the call? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-vikings-thank-you-for-fulfilling-my-expectations/221480.md?page=2)